Presenters

Description

Mechanical ventilation is the medical term for artificial ventilation where mechanical means is used to assist or replace spontaneous breathing

Objectives

-Recognize the cause of respiratory failure
- Asses the need for invasive ventilation
-Describe the characteristics of different modes of mechanical ventilation.
-Outline ventilator settings and monitoring needs for the initiation of mechanical ventilation.
-Describe interactions between ventilator parameters and modifications needed to avoid harmful effects of mechanical ventilation.
-Review the guidelines for initial ventilator management that apply to specific clinical situations.